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by Mika
Wed Oct 25, 2023 7:44 am
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Learning to read rivers
Replies: 14
Views: 1206

Re: Learning to read rivers

Hello from snowy and icy Finland. Reading water, what a beautiful subject. This is first thing I teach when guiding. With some people more and some people less. The ones who really wants to catch a fish with them we spent a lot of time studying this. I studied this by watching insects, leafs, small ...
by Mika
Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:55 pm
Forum: Daily Planet
Topic: Rainbows and spawning
Replies: 16
Views: 4484

Re: Rainbows and spawning

In southern Finland there are some areas where spawning has been successfully, but there are no permant population coming from those, thank God. They say in here that it is because of water temp, spawning is early spring and hatching early summer, I would think that circumstances are not really good...
by Mika
Tue Apr 18, 2023 7:38 pm
Forum: Daily Planet
Topic: Temperature effects on Brown trout.
Replies: 36
Views: 4840

Re: Temperature effects on Brown trout.

Few past summers in here (Finland, close to arctic circle), we habe had water temps +22 c and even +23. When temps are more than +20 you can see how graylings (same go with trouts) start to have problems to recovering after fight, bigger the fish bigger the problem. In Finland they start to close ri...
by Mika
Tue Apr 18, 2023 6:57 pm
Forum: Manshit
Topic: Mike's manshit
Replies: 39
Views: 4417

Re: Mike's manshit

Hi Mike, opinion from Finland even you didn't ask, once again. 😂 I would definitely go with aluminium boat, those can take more hits etc, lighter.... noisy, not really, you are the one who is make them noisy if so. We have small aluminium boat in our small lake, and yes if fish are rising next to bo...
by Mika
Wed Feb 15, 2023 4:18 pm
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: Euro Nymphing (Beginner)
Replies: 16
Views: 1942

Re: Euro Nymphing (Beginner)

Hi Bendix, I have been fishing trout (and grayling)with Euro nymphing in Finland, Sweden and Russia. I have rod for that only and still I prefer my HT4 with long leader with normal flyline. As Paul mentioned I want to keep option open which means that just chance of fly I can do dries or anything. I...
by Mika
Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:57 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: any finns around here?
Replies: 2
Views: 1419

Re: any finns around here?

Hi,
it was great time with you Thomas.
by Mika
Wed Feb 15, 2023 3:56 pm
Forum: Announcements
Topic: Finnland mit Satu and Mika
Replies: 1
Views: 1182

Re: Finnland mit Satu and Mika

Hi,
it was blast. Really enjoyed fishing with you and appreciate all the help you gave. See you
by Mika
Fri Jan 18, 2019 6:53 pm
Forum: Tackle
Topic: Nylon or fluorocarbon?
Replies: 15
Views: 7544

Nylon or fluorocarbon?

Hi, I use FC when fishing salmon or big trout. Also sometimes when nymphing with small flies and need to go down fast. Not sure if fluoro is helping but testing now and then. I have found that fluoro can handle rocks better but mainly I'm fishing with nylon. Stroft gtm is really good and knot holds ...
by Mika
Thu Nov 22, 2018 1:33 pm
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: downstream nymphing and domestic grayling
Replies: 4
Views: 3513

downstream nymphing and domestic grayling

We have unwritten rule that you can't stay more than 30 min in one place and then you need to make room for others, also one who is coming from upstream has "right to walk over you" if you are not moving. This is basicly coming from trout fishing, because we have same kind of runs like in ...
by Mika
Wed Nov 21, 2018 6:54 pm
Forum: Flyfishing
Topic: downstream nymphing and domestic grayling
Replies: 4
Views: 3513

downstream nymphing and domestic grayling

Have you found similar fishes from your rivers, which allows you to be their home rock? Have you been doing downstream nymphing? I know normally you nymph upstream but in our waters fishing is going mostly downstream so you need to adjust your fishing.

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